I love it when there’s great music in my inbox! This week, I got an email from a very independent band from Michigan: AG Silver, which I’m excited about. They’ve just self-released a new EP called Love Keeps No Score, that is charged with energy and lead by Jon Ornee’s powerful, soaring vocals. The band’s sound is a blend of rock, pop, and soul, with a strong leaning towards the rock edge. The songs are melodic and stick with you- an hour after listening for the first time, I was tapping out the rhythm to the title track on my desk (I’m a drummer- table drumming is a fact of life to me).
Videos on the band’s website show an impressive live show, no doubt tuned by a long tour – and documented on their myspace (slightly edited by me):
3 – different vehicles we’ve owned this year (silver streak, moby dick and now our beloved Rev!)
29 – number of states we visited on tour in 2008
1 – number of vehicles we totaled in head on collisions w/ semi-trucks (not kidding, Craig slept through the whole thing… no he wasn’t driving:-)
5 – new tracks on our EP that came out this Fall! (download em today on iTunes or www.agsilver.com/webstore)
10 – temperature in degrees the day of our show in Anchorage, Alaska
30 – age in days of the pizza we found when cleaning out the RV stove at the end of the tour
15,000 – amount of people in Africa who will have a year’s worth of clean water as a result of the generosity of our fans (www.agsilver.com/cleanwater and www.bloodwatermission.org)
264 – amount, in dollars, to fill up our RV in September
99 – amount, in dollars, to fill up our RV at the end of November
24 – number of people at our first show in Oregon in 2007
360 – number of people at our second show in Oregon in 2008
22- number of video blogs we posted this fall (watch em all at www.agsilver.blip.tv)
54 – approximate number of Frappuccinos that Aaron opened and drank
0 – approximate number of Frappuccinos that Aaron actually finished
Those are some good numbers!
The band was kind enough to let me post one of the tracks for you here on SquirrelFood, but I encourage you to visit AG Silver on myspace and take a listen to the rest.
